10 ^lThen Amaziah the priest of ^mBethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos has said,

12 And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there, 13 but ^onever again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”